The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-05-20
MURDER OAsE0T AVAIL.

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tell what he believes to be M
about a public man and mis- Ofiei
course, without being shot down
the night time. coldly, cruelty az
awfnuy as Roderick Gambrell VI
takeu Thursday night.
And yet the life of Rotierick Gan
brell was taken solely because
spoke what be believed TO be I'll
tTuth-and IL shows that the LIFE
no Que is safe while be Publishes
6 paper in jackson that speaks on
" against these meu who have rule
lie this city so long.
Long ago We marked out for thl
/. paper what we considered to be th
> pathway of a just, fearless and lott
, Journalism, and upon that pathway
It rough aud stony aud Swallowed wit
g dangers though it is, We propose [,
tread in the future as in the past
with no fAltering or turning aside
whatever may be unfOlde1 from tht
: great, dark bosom OF the future.
It is not improbable that SCOT
another shot will ring out in the
night, and another coroner's iur,
90 into their solemn work. But il
the men who have recently done
their awful deed, think that they
can place their bloody hands over
those papers which have determiu.
ell TO speak out, and muzzle and
territy them into the silence of igno-
miny, they have erred.
The Stc0rd and Shield will 90 on
with its warfare for truth, aud over
the grave of that heroic editor, that
paper will go out with arraignments
of the guilty as terrible as before.
There are three editors Oh this
paper, and each one is willing to Law
down his life, if it must be, rather
than to falter in n journalists duty,
and be prevented from publicly all
vocating the principles he honestly
cherishes, and then some one bOlder
aud Drawer than We, will take hold
OF the paper we have left, sud carry |
the struggle on and on with all the
bitter aud awful determination of
invIncible right warning against
wrong.-NeV AississippiaH, Hay
10th.
The above IS ftly spoken, timely
aud appropriate, and evinces brave
heart aud chivalrIc spirit charac
-eristic of the advocates of right
against wrong in all ages of the
How wonderful, indeed, is
lie potential influence of honesty Of
conviction and rectitude of purpose
II nerying men in ali the vicissI-
.udes of life to dare even the hor-
'ors of assassination. Just as the
OF shame mantled the cheeks
# every patriotic Mississippiah be.
ause OF a foul assassination by a
State Senator, a petted and trusted
the above ONE to proc ain
rom the very midst of the enemy,
he manhood that is extan: in the
Dung journalists of our State, aud
makes US once more feel proud.
We ale glad our contemporary spoke |
bus. We thank him from our {
and hope he may live to see
rule cast away with tie rub [
ish of the past, to make place tor t
be brave, honest and chivalric ris- Q
lg generation. Others have spok. Y
II nobly, but the above WAS the elo-
uence of a friend OF the dead, and a
champion OF the cause for which 5
e died, spoken over the dead body, u
the camps OF the enemy, sur
'unded by his pimps and minions
hose hands were fresh from the =
cody murder. Hence our admira. y
On and our praise. u
In the line of policy you have a
arked out, Bro. Martin. for the u
ture, the DEMOCRAT STAR will be 81
th You as 10 the past. Through y
any dark days we fought a bitter :.
for the Democratic party and
o attempts TO assassinate MS did -,
t suffice to muzzle or territy us.
e are here yet, and We are here y
W in the interest OF the purity of
At party's administration. We 70
made bold to attack every fes Fl
we have discerned on the body ed
Iitic. audi the more those testers wi
come cankerOus sores the more an
,OrOusly shall we arraign them of
trial at the bar of pablo senti- ga
Mt. One year ago, in April 1886, MI
called upon the Neo MississippidH E,
tall into line and join Us in tue W
ht against corruption in high tiC
.ces, aud now We say "well done,
"a good and faithful servant
e time is now at hand for the ~
to appreciate their fearless ."
Inals, aud to see what they new 1
dreamed of before, when from out '
portals of their State Capitol, "H
among the trusted and honor ie
of their statesmen comes one of